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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/partitions/msdos.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/partitions/msdos.c b/fs/partitions/msdos.c index b78385840a55..90be97f1f5a8 100644 --- a/fs/partitions/msdos.c +++ b/fs/partitions/msdos.c @@ -492,9 +492,16 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev) if (!size) continue; if (is_extended_partition(p)) { - /* prevent someone doing mkfs or mkswap on an - extended partition, but leave room for LILO */ - put_partition(state, slot, start, size == 1 ? 1 : 2); + /* + * prevent someone doing mkfs or mkswap on an + * extended partition, but leave room for LILO + * FIXME: this uses one logical sector for > 512b + * sector, although it may not be enough/proper. + */ + sector_t n = 2; + n = min(size, max(sector_size, n)); + put_partition(state, slot, start, n); + printk(" <"); parse_extended(state, bdev, start, size); printk(" >"); |